The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious ImprovementsScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1968 - 304 páginas The prominent Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather published The Christian Philosopher in 1721. This work was intended to demonstrate the harmony between science and religion. Mather surveyed all the known sciences from astronomy and physics to human anatomy. He presented evidence that both celestial and terrestrial phenomena imply an intelligent designer. |
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